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On June 23, 2009, Children's Defense Fund President Marian Wright Edelman testified at the House Committee on Energy and Commerce hearing about the House Tri-Committee Comprehensive Health Reform Discussion Draft.

Mrs. Edelman testified that, "The Comprehensive Health Reform Discussion Draft takes strong steps towards quality health reform for millions of Americans—but I am concerned that under your proposal children don't get their fair share of needed reform, and rather than being better off than they are now, some are at risk of being worse off."